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Uma descida ao submundo onde cada escolha pode ser fatal. Entre vampiros, deuses vingativos e um romance proibido, A Andorinha e o Coraço de Pedra entrega aço intensa e paixo arrebatadora. Sucesso no TikTok, este e o primeiro livro da duologia Nascidos da Sombra, do universo Coroas de Nyaxia.Escolhida pelo deus do sol e arrasada pela escurido, Mische foi transformada em vampira por Malach, o principe da Casa da Sombra. Depois de perder tudo que considerava sagrado, ela comete o impensavel e assassina seu criador. Agora, condenada a morte pela implacavel Egrette, irm de Malach, Mische ve a salvaço em Asar, o herdeiro bastardo do reino, um homem de cicatrizes to profundas quanto seu passado brutal.Asar, no entanto, oferece a ela um destino potencialmente mais cruel do que a execuço: uma jornada ao submundo para ressuscitar o deus da morte. Mas o caminho da salvaço e repleto de traiçes, e o deus do sol tem os proprios planos. Em meio aos perigos do submundo e a atraço proibida que cresce entre os dois, Mische e Asar desafiaro os deuses e despertaro uma furia capaz de consumir ate a luz do sol.

Penniless and newly orphaned Briar Monroe finds shelter at Thornby Manor, a brooding estate above a mist-shrouded lake. But whispers of a dead wife, an estranged son and locked-away secrets haunt its corridors Atmospheric, intoxicating and laced with peril a spellbinding historical mystery of love, betrayal, obsession and a house that will not release its pastWarwickshire, 1891. Recently orphaned and left destitute, Briar Monroe accepts the protection of Lord Danville and the shadowed sanctuary of Thornby Manor. The great house looms above a mist-shrouded lake, its corridors heavy with secrets not least the mysterious death of Lady Elizabeth Danville, and the unspoken tensions between her formidable widower and his magnetic son, Gabriel.As Briar navigates the undercurrents of a household ruled by watchful servants and locked doors, she is drawn ever deeper into a web of suspicion, desire and fear. Whispers in the night, figures at windows, and a constant sense of being watched leave her questioning not only the truth about Thornby, but her own safety within its walls.Atmospheric, intoxicating and laced with peril, Thornby Manor is a gothic tale of betrayal, obsession and a house that never forgets.A simmering, haunting debut for readers who loved Jane Eyre, Rebecca, The Woman in White and The Silent Companions

Outstanding .... This is superior crime fiction. Sunday Times. A gruesome discovery behind apartment walls. A desperate authors dark secret. A stalker who will kill to destroy everythingJensen returns in her most sinister case yet. When human remains turn up behind an apartment wall in the middle of Copenhagen, DI Henrik Jungersen knows he is hunting for killer that has been hiding in plain sight. Jensen, who should be enjoying maternity leave is struggling with her own bombshell, legendary author Valde Brix is claiming to be her father. But Brix has an ulterior motive: he wants Jensen to use her sleuthing skills to find the stalker who is threatening to ruin his life. When a woman connected to Brix turns up brutally murdered, Jensen and her teenage apprentice Gustav become embroiled in Henriks investigation. It becomes clear that the stalker wont stop, until Brix is destroyed. Jensen realises with growing horror that her own loved ones are in mortal danger. As bodies pile up and the stalker closes in, Jensen races to uncover a truth so devastating it will shatter everything she thought she knew about family, trust, and survival.

When Caroline Alleyn inherits Wickham Grange, all she wants to do is sell up. There are bad memories there, linked to her childhood as the daughter of a single mother and to all the other mothers she knew in that house. But her grandmother Francess will means that it cant be sold without the consent of five elderly women, and they all refuse. None of them will tell her why she has to keep a house she doesnt want. Instead, she is given a stark warning: dont look for Lizzie Sixpence.Though Caroline has other worries. Someone is watching her; the houses elderly tenants are lying to her; and an old man is hoarding mementoes of her past.Then she finds the bones.And Caroline is left with a choice: keep silent, or betray everything her grandmother stood for. Because there is one final secret to be revealed

As bodies continue to fall and the past bleeds into the present, Dr Alan Twist must confront a killer no one can see and a crime that defies logic.Three young ladies are thrown into raging waters, seemingly pushed by an invisible hand. Six years later, when a famous actor is flung from his window, eye witnesses agree: it was as if he was shoved from behind by an unseen murderer, imitating the inexplicable death of a young lady in the same house over fifty years earlier. Renowned sleuth Dr Alan Twist and his partner Inspector Hurst go to the eerie landscape of Dartmoor to investigate. But invisible killers are hard to bring to justice

Every city has its ghosts. Ravn just hunts the ones that still breathe.Former investigator, Thomas Ravnsholdtknown as Ravndrifts like wreckage along Copenhagens harbour, numbed by cheap liquor and old wounds. But his peace is shattered when a desperate young woman shows up, pleading for help: her brother has vanished after stealing millions.The trail leads Ravn from the windy docks of Copenhagen to Berlin, where ghosts of the Cold War still linger: Stasi files, double agents, and brutality that never truly came to an end. Ravn soon realises that the missing is not merely lost, but ensnared in a deadly web.Dark and unnerving, The Missing blends a classic disappearance mystery with Nordic Noir slow-burning tension. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbs and Jussi Adler-Olsens haunted detectives.

Entre o real e o lendário, o cômico e o trágico, Vasto mundo desenha um retrato coletivo feito de fé, injustiça e resistência. Com uma prosa ímpar, Maria Valéria Rezende, autora vencedora do prêmio J

Highly original . a gripping plot that wrong-foots the reader at every turn Aline Templeton One down.When a supposed overdose victim is found to have received a postcard marked Youre first, DI Hope Fenton uncovers links to a circle of privileged Cambridge alumni: an eco-entrepreneur, a surgeon, a lecturer, and a government minister. But are they potential victims - or suspects?Four to go.As the investigation unravels and the body count rises, Hope is trying and failing to cope with the shadow cast by the abduction and disappearance of her son Noah eight years ago. The unanswered questions of what happened to him also haunt her ex-husband, forensic scientist Dr Adam Fenton. But could it be that this case holds the key to Noahs disappearance as well? They should have made sure he was dead. Five Silver Spoons is a gripping tale of shameless entitlement and merciless revenge.

¿Y si el amor no se muere… solo duerme durante un par de décadas?Arcadio es un vampiro distinto. Educado, discreto, con una elegancia anticuada que parece sacada de otra época. Y, de hecho, lo es. Du

Experience the myth and magic of antiquitys most alluringand provocativegoddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusas Sisters.Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite surprises an itinerant sculptor with a shocking request: Hear my story, see me for who I truly am, and carve it into stone. Never before has the goddess posed for her likeness, and as the artist works, she shares pieces of herself.Her greatest triumphs and most grievous mistakes. The truth behind the tales of her beneficence and vengeance. And the one epic romance that slips through her perfect fingers, time and time again.Part memoir, part fantasy, and all heart, Aphrodite in Pieces begs the eternal, essential questions: what do love and beauty truly mean? And can they last?

The Horadrim must journey to the Skovos Isles to discover the fate of a long-lost expedition in this official prequel novel to Diablo: Lord of Hatred.In a world culled by Malthaels Reaping, the Horadric orderhumanitys only hopestrugglesto gain a foothold. Within the dimming lands of Sanctuary, evils rise from all corners, and though the Horadrim are used to facing down the darkest spawn of the Burning Hells, they are far less prepared for the depravity arising within their fellow men. But as Lorath, Donan, and Tyrael seek justice and a path forward, the Horadrims numbers have dwindled, leaving humanity vulnerable.Hoping to strengthen the order, Tyrael and the two mages set sail to Skovos, where Sho-Ren and four other Horadrim were sent years ago to establish diplomatic relations with the Askari . . . and were never heard from again. Though the risk is great, the chance of reclaiming kinas well as the Horadric vault hidden deep within the heart of the islesremains too great an opportunity to pass up.At first glance, Skovos appears to have escaped the devastation so many others faced in the wake of the Reaping. But as the Horadrim attempt to ally with the Askari and their rulers, it becomes clear that all is not right on their shores. To gain the trust of the Amazon warriors, Lorath seeks the aid of their captain, Adreona. The Askari leader does not trust the mysterious mainlander, thoughnot while her soldiers are under constant threat of the Drowned and can ill afford distractions.To save both their peoples, Lorath and Adreona must learn to battle together against not only the perils before them . . . but also those lurking just beneath the surface.

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORLeila Slimani has a knack for breaking taboos.TIMESSlimani is a fearless writer.EVENING STANDARD Q: If your house was burning down, what would you take with you?A: Id take the fire.This is the story of two sisters, Mia and Ines. Two girls enveloped in love, trapped by the social conventions of Casablanca at the dawn of the twenty-first century and silenced by the political truths that envelop their lives.Mia - the eldest, a warrior and a pariah, her sexuality a matter of scorn, something to be erased.Ines - the youngest, a woman trying to carve out an identity in a Paris that derides and erases her, with no way back to Morocco, a homeland to which her father has warned her never to return, for her own sake.As these sisters struggle to find a home - a place of safety and love that holds rather than binds - their lives as framed by their mothers and grandmothers before them will be a battle for their hearts and souls, and one they take on with every sinew of their being.We feel deeply for the family caught in the middle of the conflict of history. SALMAN RUSHDIE, on The Country of Others

A powerful debut compelled by questions of borders and displacement. In one story I stay in that city forever, in one I board, and in another I am still waiting.I am daybreak; I am everywhere.In The Tree Is Missing, Shannon Kuta Kelly explores the poetics of the border. The collection crosses through non-places, moving between the unnamed and unmapped spaces on the edges of the European city. With remarkable poise and restraint, these itinerant poems experiment with oral history and translation, traversing the borderlines of nation, language and time. They draw on folklore to evoke a world that feels current and present, but which can only be reached through storytelling. In doing so, Kuta Kelly explores the loss and displacement - the fracture of identity - necessitated by personal and political turmoil. She writes with a restless immediacy from within the histories that continue to shape us.

Exhilarating, devastating, comforting, essential. CLAIRE KILROYThese are stories which sing off the page. JAN CARSONPowerful, compelling and richly crafted. MARY COSTELLOProfoundly intimate. TAHMIMA ANAMThe highly-anticipated new collection from the BBC National Short Story Award-winning author of Multitudes, Intimacies and OpeningsThere must be moments when we let go - let go of all that we do, all that we are.A young Belfast theatre troupe brings its experimental production of Hamlet to New York.On a night-flight, travelling with a violin older than the United States, a professional musician slips through time. A man who loses all he thought he had, and finds himself haunted by all he never will, comes to a painful new understanding of what it might mean to love.Transporting and profound, these are stories of love, grief, longing, of new beginnings, and the ways we find shelter in each other.One of our best short story writers.THE TIMES[Caldwell] holds the reader right up against the tender humanity of her characters. EIMEAR McBRIDEA next-level author of short stories.THE HERALD

Londres, 1945. A guerra chegou ao fim, mas para Eve Dawson e Audrey Clarkson a batalha está longe de terminar. Unidas pela amizade desde a adolescência em Wellingford Hall, onde a mãe de Eve trabalha

Rafael está determinado: antes de o relógio anunciar meia-noite, ele partirá o coração da garota mais linda que já conheceu, e depois seguirá vivendo a vida que seu pai praguejou para ele no leito de

«EL NUEVO TALENTO DE LA NOVELA NEGRA EN ESPAÑA, DISPUESTO A IR POR LOS CAMINOS MÁS OSCUROS» Miquel Hernandis, El EspañolPor el autor de El último caso de William Parker: «oscura y sorprendente» (Ja

Tras el éxito de La Temeraria, Isabel San Sebastián continúa su ambiciosa Saga de la Reconquista con la victoria cristiana en las Navas de Tolosa y el rescate de las campanas de la catedral de Santiago.Siglo XIII, Reino de Castilla. El joven Beltran Lopez de Cazorla, hijo de un heroe de las Navas de Tolosa y de una antigua dama de la reina Berenguela, intenta desesperadamente emular las hazañas de su padre, aunque fracasa una y otra vez por su torpeza con las armas. Empeñado en demostrar su valia como guerrero, se embarcara en una peligrosa aventura que lo llevara a infiltrarse en Cordoba en calidad de espia y a protagonizar un trepidante viaje para recuperar las campanas robadas al Apostol por Almanzor, esta vez a hombros de cautivos sarracenos.Con una narracion apasionante de la famosa batalla de las Navas de Tolosa y la conquista de la antigua capital del califato, Isabel San Sebastian retoma la leyenda recogida en Las campanas de Santiago y continua con su epica serie de novelas dedicadas a relatar ocho siglos decisivos en la historia de España.

Its funny what people do and what they tell. Were all hiding bits of ourselves. The bits were not proud of. I can see that now.Its Friday night and Franky is back at her local pub for the first time in years. Pints are poured, Motown music drifts from the tinny speakers, and karaoke starts at eight. Its reassuringly familiar. Like nothings changed. But, haunted by grief, Frankys family are quietly unravelling around her. Her dad is hiding himself away, and buried family secrets are leaking through the cracks in every room.A bittersweet, tender exploration of the long tail of grief and the fickleness of memory, Heart Wall asks where we go when the walls start closing in and home has become somewhere you dont know.Kit Withingtons play is premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2026.

Cuddly and cute, fierce and ferocious, cunning and conniving, worshipped and feared felines appear in many forms in the humble folk tale.The cats in this collection of 57 stories are often heroic, witty and, at times, scheming or downright terrifying. Kitties big and small, from every corner of the world, such as the Kasha from Japan, the Nunda from East Africa, El Hombre Gato from Argentina, Kisa, the Cat from Iceland and many others can be found purring, hissing and prowling through these pages.